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A street and park in central Hamilton have had their names officially changed to recognise the areas Māori heritage.
Jyoti Bhatt documented the nuances of rural Indian culture that are on the cusp of disappearing.
Stuff
Devonia was built in 1887, housed the famous explorer before he headed south to the ice, and was owned by the same family for 100 years. Now it is in ruins.
One of the largest digitisation projects of its kind is set to preserve nearly half-a-million Kiwi film and audio files.
Warumungu tribe members were welcomed to Auckland Museum this morning to collect their ancient artefacts.
RNZ
A decade ago our biggest newspaper publisher made an ill-fated deal to send its almost all of its entire archive of photos offshore to be digitised. They never came back - and now their LA-based owner has put them on the market online, and still hoping hoping a buyer will put them in public hands.
The two new exhibitions at the museum will feature a collection of images, as well as two scale-sized waka taua.
RNZ
Some of the country's top chefs and food writers have contributed to RNZ's culinary heritage, which is now the inspiration for a new cookbook.
Lost overseas and nearly destroyed, a collection of photos spanning over a century has returned home.
The Conversation
A more precise timeline now shows Polynesian ancestors of Māori first settled in the North Island before expanding south and then retreating again when the climate changed.
Māori Television
New archaeological research has narrowed down the timeline of early Māori settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand as early as the mid-13th century. Dr Magdalena...
RNZ
Paul Diamond spent 18 years "searching for traces" of the circumstances surrounding the sensational 1920 shooting in Whanganui of returned soldier and poet Walter D'Arcy Cresswell by Whanganui mayor Charles Mackay.
todayfm.co.nz
As some of the country’s earliest woolsheds are lost to changing land use and newer shearing sheds, researcher Annette O'Sullivan is on a mission to document them forever
The Conversation
Despite causing hurt and offence, the legality of removing a whale fossil from the West Coast remains unclear. So what rules and laws govern amateur fossil hunting, and should they be strengthened?
RNZ
A Tūhoe leader's daughter is sharing his vision for retaining cultural identity in New Zealand - via film.
New Scientist
A century on from the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, CT scans, 3D printers and virtual reality are bringing the world of the pharaohs – and ordinary ancient Egyptians – into sharper focus
The Conversation
The discovery of his tomb full of magnificent and unique objects is more than a story of treasures. It’s also a story of class, privilege, colonialism, political freedom and national identity.
RNZ
In March this year, the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance was found, three thousand metres under the icy Weddell Sea - 107 years after it sank. The British maritime archaeologist Mensun Bound, along with a large team of scientists, meteorologists, engineers and dive specialists found the ship still still in remarkably good condition. For Bound, the search for Shackleton's ship was the culmination of a lifetime fascination with the explorer and his Antarctic expeditions. He speaks to Kathryn about his new book, The Ship Beneath The Ice.
Māori Television
This Friday marks the 187th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand. But Friday also commemorates Te Pūtake o te Riri, a...
NZ Herald
Poll shows voters are not keen on footing the bill for political parties.
Stuff
To kick off Tokelau Language Week, guests at the Auckland Museum learned about the Tokelauan practice of sharing the village resources.
E-Tangata
“Numerous tūpuna were jumbled together in the box, in an unrecognisable heap. It was painful to think of them in that heap, thrown together so carelessly, unable to rest.” — Pounamu Jade Aikman.
Opponents say it could set a precedent for heritage buildings. But developers say there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.
the Guardian
Baton Rouge resident Patrick Ford discovers sunken Brookhill trading ship as lack of rainfall creates record-low water levels
Stuff
Taonga (treasure) that has been returned to Aotearoa from overseas will now be auctioned off to the highest bidder. But there are cultural concerns over whether that is appropriate.
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